Mop



J. F. ETTER.

Feb. 6, 1923.

MOP.

HLED JAN. 14. 1922.

a wool Mm Effi Patented l 'eb. ti, i923.

JOHN FRANK ETTER, OF CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MOP.

Application filed January 14, 1922. Serial No. 529,388.

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN FRANK Errnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chambersburg, in the county of Franklin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in mops and it is anobject of the invention to provide a device of this general characterhaving novel and improved means whereby the same can be readily andeffectively em ployed. without the necessity of the operator wringingthe mopping cloth or rag with the hands or placing the hands within thebucket or other container employed in connection with the mop.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice of this general ch -actor en'ibodying a member or frame in whichthe mopping rag or cloth is adapted to be inserted and with which isassociated a head or plate carried by an operating handle whereby therag or cloth after being saturated may readily have squeezed therefromexcessive liquid.

- An additional object of the invention is to provide a novel andimproved device of this general character which, when inserted within abucket or other receptacle containing liquid, may be operated in amanner to thoroughly cleanse the mopping cloth or rag so that thecleansing operation may be materially facilitated.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved mopwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

in order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a mop constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention, the handle being shown infragment;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the device asillustrated in Figure 1;

F igure 8 is a view in perspective of the member or frame inverted.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, F denotes a member or framerectangular in plan and which has its side members 1 relatively high.The upper marginal portions of a pair of opposed side members 1 aresubstantially defined by the inwardly directed flanges 2. The flanges 2are illustrated in the accompanying drawings as separate elementsalthough it is to be understood th at, if preferred, the same may be integrally formed with the side members 1.

The lower marginal portions of the remaining pair of opposed. sidemembers 1 are substantially defined by the outstanding flanges 23 andeach of said flanges 8 adjacent its opposite ends has secured theretothe cushions or feet t of suitable material and preferably of ayieldable material, such a rubber composition. The lower face of themember or frame F has disposed there across the strands 5, said strandsbeing wire of desired gage with the extremities thereof secured in anypreferred manner to the flanges 8.

P denotes a head or plate adapted to snugly lit within the member orframe F and which may be readily inserted therein by inclining saidplate on a desired angle so that the plate or head P may be appliedwithin the member or frame F. WVhen the head or plate P is in its normalposition within the member or frame F, the flanges 2 hold said head orplate against withdrawal therefrom.

Extending upwardly from the central portion of the head or plate P is apair of spaced wings 6 with which are pivotally engaged the shanks 7extending outwardly from the lower end of the operating handle H. Theseshanks 7, as particularly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, are arrangedin divergence with respect to the handle member H and are also disposedon a desired angle or incline as may best comply with the requirementsof practice.

cecured to the corner portions of the plate or head P, as indicated at8, and underlying said head or plate are the blocks or pads 9 ofsuitable material but preferably of a rubber composition.

In practice, any suitable cloth or rag is applied within the member orframe F above the strands 5 whereupon the head or plate P is suitablyarranged within said member or frame F outwardly of or above the appliedrag or cloth C. The handle member H is then suitably operated tosubmerge the assembled device within a bucket or other receptacle Bdiagrammatically indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4:.

After the floor or other surface has been operated upon by the cloth orrag C, the plate or head P may be removed from working coaction with theframe or member F and engaged With a wiping cloth or rag positioned uponthe floor or other surface to be cleansed and through the medium of thehandle H, such floor or other surface may be readily and convenientlydried. The gripping action of the plate or head P upon such wiping clothor rag is materially facilitated by the blocks or pads 9 hereinbeforereferred to.

After a cleansing operation has been effected through theinstrumentality of the mopping cloth or rag the assembled device will beagain submerged within the washing liquid within the bucket orreceptacle B and upon intermittently pressing down upon the cloth or ragC while in submergence, an action will be produced which will effect athorough cleansing or rinsing of the rag or cloth U.

\V hen the mop is in use, the pressure imposed upon the applied cloth orrag C by the handle H through the medium of the head or plate P causesthe cloth or rag C to extend outwardly between the strands 5 and to suchan extent that the member or frame F does not come in contact with thefloor or other surface to be worked upon so that scratching or otherwisemarring of such surface is substantially eliminated.

The cushions or feet 4 hereinbefore referred to are provided to affordadditional means to prevent the member or frame F from scratching orotherwise marring the surface being worked and particularly in the eventif, for some reason, the cloth or rag C does not extend a sufiicieutdistance beyond the st ands 5.

To facilitate the squeezing or rinsing of the cloth or rag C, the sidemembers 1 of the member or frame F are provided with suitable openingsor perforations, as is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that amopconstructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adaptedfor use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may beassembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention issusceptible of some change and modification without departing from theprinciples and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the ,iirecise arrangement and formationof the several partsherein shown in carrying out my invention inpractice except as hereinafter claimed.

1 claim:

1. i mop comprising, in combination, a box-lire structure having its topand bottom faces open, a plate insertible within the structure throughthe top, and having free movement within the structure relative to thebottom face of the structure, spaced strands extending across the bottomopen face of the structure, and an operating member engaged with theplate, the walls of the structure being provided with openings.

it. mop comprising, in combination, a box-like structure havin its topand bottom fares open, a plate insertible within the structure throughthe top, spaced strands extending across the bottom open face of theructure, and an operating member engaged with the plate, opposed wallsof the structure having inwardly disposed flanges beneath which theapplied plate normally eX- tends to hold the structure and plate againstseparation.

23. it mop comprising, in combination, a box-like structure having itstop and bottom faces open, a plate insertible within the structurethrough the top and having free movement within the structure relativeto the bottom face of structure, Spaced 8110 strands extending acrossthe bottom open face of the structure. an operating member engaged withthe plate, and a swabbing member insertible within the structurebetween. the strands and the plate, pressure upon the plate causing theswabbing member to project between the strands.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

JOHN FRANK ETTER.

